My book The Tidal Year is out today! As a special thank you to my podcast listeners, I've included a free preview of the prologue and chapter one from the audiobook read by me. Here's more about the book:
Freya is still searching. For four years, she's been looking for a way to fill the empty space her brother's death left behind. Ready for another distraction, Freya decides to swim every tidal pool in Britain in a year with her friend Miri. The adventure takes them from a pool hidden in the cliffs of fishing-village Polperro to the quarry lagoon of Abereiddi via Trinkie Wick where locals meet each year to give the pool wall a fresh lick of paint. As Freya travels further from London, she finds herself closer to memories of her brother. With every swim, and every stranger they meet in the water, the challenge becomes more than just a way to explore the coast, but a journey of self-discovery.
The Tidal Year is a true story about the healing power of wild swimming and the space it creates for reflection, rewilding, and hope. An exploration of grief in the modern age, it's also a tale of loss, love, female rage and sisterhood.
You can listen to the full audiobook on Apple Books, Audible or wherever you usually download your audiobooks. Plus, it's in bookshops around the country. Enjoy!
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Seren Jones, Co-Founder Black Swimming Association
Susanne Masters, Ethnobotanist
Lizzy Stewart, Illustrator
Leif Bersweden, Botanist
Tom Mason, Co-Founder of Blue Balls Cornwall
Nina Mingya Powles, Author of Small Bodies of Water
Christopher Beanland, Author of Lido
Laura Fullerton, Founder of Monk
Mark Vessey, Artist
Jessica Hepburn, Adventure Activist and Author of 21 Miles
Tom Gregory, Author of A Boy in the Water
Anna Baker, Cleveland Pools
Simon Griffiths, Outdoor Swimmer
Cathy Rentzenbrink, Author
Lauren Biddulph, The Salt Sisterhood
Nathaniel Cole, Swim Dem Crew
Marika Hackman, Singer-Songwriter
Chris Romer-Lee, Thames Baths
Jessica J. Lee, Author of Turning
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